Known as a “planning head with a creative heart”, Shehan Samarasinha is a Director & Chief Strategy Officer at Triad, Colombo. Contributing to several milestones in the Sri Lankan Ad industry, Shehan became the 1st to be awarded “Global Strategic Planning Leader 2021 – Finalist”, “South Asia Strategic Brand Planner of the Year 2021 & 2020”, while contributing to Triad being named Sri Lanka’s 1st agency to be awarded “South Asia Independent Agency of the Year 2021”. Playing a dual role both in strategy and creative, Shehan’s unique perspective was called upon as he was selected as the only Sri Lankan representative at the APAC Chapter of the ANA/Cannes Lions Global CMO Growth Council in 2019.
In just two years Shehan has helped transform the agency as one of the most awarded in Sri Lanka with over 50 international awards hailing from Effie Awards, NewYorkFestivals, Spikes Asia, D&AD, AdFest, Cresta Awards, AD Stars, Indie Awards, Dragons of Asia and MAA Globes Worldwide.